for years now author of the harry potter series is now ready to try her hand at writing for adults. she shares with abc now her new book is more reality though than fantasy. quite a departure from harry potter series. interesting back story on her and kind of what motivated newt book. kind of cool, hear from miss rowling. news breaking overnight, professional nfl referees will be back in the game tonight. thank you, lord. the league reached an agreement with the refs late last night. the lockout is over. >> since that outrageous call monday night in seattle. we begin our coverage with abc's dan harris. >> reporter: that late game debacle, hail mary, scramble in the end zone and two replacement refs each making totally different calls. >> this is comical to me. >> the call on the field stand. touchdown. the game is over. >> reporter: the touchdown that really looked like an interception. but let seattle beat green bay. it infuriated everybody from the announcers to the fans to the players. and even briefly united president obama and republican vp candidate paul ryan. >> give me a br

browns. >> all right. the refs are back and so is j.k. rowling. author who made harry potter a household name has now cast her spell on adults. her new novel, the casual vacancy will be on store shelves today. and it's about as far from the wizarding world as you can get. the book has just gone on sale in britain. that's where we find cnn's aaron mclaughlin. good morning. they are calling this potter to potty mouth, the huge anticipation for this book is palpable. a lot of the details have been kept secret. you managed to get your hands on it. how did you do that? >> reporter: good morning, alena. yes, i have. i was not one of the few journalists selected to get an advanced copy or to read the book in advance. i got it just like anyone else here in the uk can at this point coming to their local book store. it's also available on e-reader. so far, this book, we have not seen the frenzy here in the uk that we saw for the launch of the harry potter series. there aren't the long lines. i have yet to see a wizard costume. customers seem to be driven primarily by a curiosity to see what rowlin

harry potter phenomenon, out with an adult novel. i should say a novel for adults. j.k. rowling. >> thank you. >> that sounds like an xxx. >> thank you, george. >> she's talking to cynthia mcfadden. >>> we have "modern family," taking over "gma." all week. today. >> it's emmy winner julie bowen. she's here. and i understand, so is her emmy dress. we can discuss that couture gown. >> it was beautiful. it was a lovely dress. >> that was my -- that was my top two. >> chartreuse took over the red carpet. >> are you playing a drinking game with chartreuse? >> we've got to commit. we've got to commit. that's all. >>> a lot coming up. >>> we have to shift gears right now. a story we've been following out of georgia. a bizarre murder trial, where a convicted stalker is defending himself against charges that he murdered the roommate of his stalking target. waseem daker called his first witness yesterday. and steve osunsami is covering it from the courthouse. >> what about the stabbing of your son, nick? i'm sorry that i have to ask that, sir. do you need a minute? >> of course, not. >> r

j.k. rowling, the woman behind the harry potter phenomenon. taking us inside her brand-new book for adults. and reveals a personal secret she's never opened up about before. >>> also ahead, new revelations about tom cruise, facing life as a divorced dad. and speaking out about the superstar's wrenching year. >> a loss this year. >>> first, let's get the news from josh. >> we're going to begin with the race for the white house continuing today. focusing on the battleground state of ohio. no republican has ever won the white house without winning ohio. but polls show that mitt romney is trailing by as much as ten points in the state. trade policy with china will be front and center today. romney claims president obama hasn't been tough enough. and this morning, the obama campaign is slamming romney for his investment in chinese companies. >>> new worries on wall street. obal stocks down sharply today, partly because of growing unrest in europe. violent protests erupted in spain and greece, against severe new government spending cuts. >>> meanwhile, here at home, despite encouraging ne

even need harry potter's magic. j.k. rowling's new book is on sale today, but is it worth all the hype? >>> and where is this rare white whale headed, next. (push button tone)fterno. this is stacy from springfield. oh whoa. hello? yes. i didn't realize i'd be talking to an actual person. you don't need to press "0," i'm here. reach a person, not a prompt whenever you call chase sapphire. get two times the points on dining in restaurants with chase sapphire preferred. >>> good morning. welcome back to "starting point." some top stories to tell you about this morning. congressman todd akin suggested that women could turn off conception in what he called a case of legitimate rape. but he's picked up more support for his beleaguered senate campaign. jim demint and rick santorum are urging voters to back akin and help republicans win the senate. >>> a new york gay couple is suing a conservative group in federal court. they claim the group, public advocate of the united states, stole a photograph of them kissing from their blog and then used it in a mailer to illustrate what it calls the evi

. >>> we also have the wildly popular harry potter series is growing up. jk rollings book exclusively for adults hits stores today. >>> one of the big questions on the november ballot this year is going to be what they call the maryland dream acts. >> it would help undocumented immigrants go to college on instate tuition rates. and high schoolers are knocking on doors helping to drum up support for the dream act. >> our students are passionate about the dream act because they believe and we believe that every child this maryland deserves a high quality education. >> opponents of the measure say that illegal immigrants should not be allowed to pay instate tuition because they're not legal citizens. >> if you receive social security benefits or any kind of that, we'll talk about a new target that scams people who get those benefit thes. >>> and we'll have some of the biggest orioles fans, the kids. we'll hear from them when good morning maryland continues. >>> the orioles came back with a vengeance last night against the toronto blue jays crushing them 12-2. chris davis and manny had tw

millions, almost a billion from the harry potter series for kids. but now will j.k. rowling reel in their parents. we'll hear from the author as she prepares to release her first book for adults. >>> also coming up, a food fight in cafeterias across this country. why students say eating all the healthy food is leaving them hungry for more. you are watching "world news now." ♪ >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by no no hair removal. you by no no hair removal. the new color changing candle from air wick, brings light and fragrance together, to create a mesmerizing experience in your home. try the new color changing candle. something in the air wick. it's time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. and free ourselves from worrying about the ones we love. new lysol power & free has more cleaning power than bleach. how? the secret is the hydrogen peroxide formula. it attacks tough stains and kills 99.9% of germs. new lysol power & free. powerful cleaning that's family friendly. another step forward in our mission for health. ♪ >>> well, gone are the d

-- i'm so excited about it. we have a fantastic show tonight. she starred in the giant "harry potter" movies. now she's got a cool, new film coming out. emma watson is here! [ cheers and applause ] she's beautiful. she's talented. emma where? emma who? emma wat -- son! also on the show -- what a career this guy's had. he's an actor, he's a singer, a musician. now he's an author. one of my all-time favorites. he has a new book out. tony danza is stopping by! [ cheers and applause ] [ as tony danza ] "hey, yo. yo, eh." i used to do an impression of tony danza. >> steve: let's hear it. >> jimmy: i used to do an impression of tony danza from "who's the boss?" he goes -- he kinda had the same -- when he was sayin' everyone's name. he'd go -- [ as tony danza ] "angela! [ laughter ] jonathan! [ laughter ] mona! [ laughter ] samantha!" [ laughter ] >> steve: that's very good. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: he's my all-time favorite guy. all-time favorite. he's good at everything he does. >> steve: nice fella. >> jimmy: and this guy just kicked off the second season of his show, "symon's suppers,"

adventure jumping into the top 10. thanks in part to the withering world of harry potter. number two, 16 million per year. >> a year after being placed on probation the burning man festival is wrapping up with a crowd well under the federal cap. euro's land management officials say the peak attendance 52,300 on friday down from last year. and well under the daily cap of 60 thou 900. they placed organizers on probation and threatened to pull their license for exsaiding the attendance limit. >> 6:22. it's the democrats turn. their national convention tomorrow. a preview in a live report. [ male announcer ] the magic of nature appears every day, within each strand of an oat's rhythmical sway. when an apple's vibrant red temptation, and honey's sweet touch of golden sensation, join together with a pecan crunch you'll savor, creating the most perfect lesson in flavor. ♪ nature's best-written recipe is ready for you to enjoy. nature valley, nature at its most delicious. now try our new crunchy dark chocolate peanut butter bar. >> to decision 2012. the republicans had their week last week, th

riding into wonderful characters and performances including harry potter is emma watson in another very unhermoine role. if you like musicals but find them too sappy this celebrates them but also makes fun of it, the completely fresh and funny pitch perfect. it has a best in show 5. it feels like it will be a big screen version of cglee until it spoofs every thing that it also celebrates. once again this year, wgn tv as the media partner for the 11th aides run into walk benefiting the aids foundation of chicago i will host the opening ceremony with frank collins on sunday morning just outside of soldier field. the comedian wanda sykes will also be there. you can take a look of my current and past reviews and a list interviews with stars like joseph gordon leavitt's or emma watson on the website wgn tv.com/deanslist. >> we have a good-looking weekend but it's going to start off cloudy i think notice the clouds dropping south from wisconsin we expect mostly cloudy skies when you get up tomorrow morning and noticed there is a nice area of cloud cover pushing in from the west we do expect i

new novel? of course i will. i'm a griffin dor. i know it. i know. it has no harry potter stuff in it. however, i'm willing to let that go by, for now. what about you? >> you're gryffindor. i'm hustlewest bank. craig: hufflewest bank? i thought that was a slang term for fruit shopper. >> this is no ree n from germany. we have to read it out in a perverted accent. this is from nor ian in germany. how terribly amusing. [laughter] why is that garlic -- what is that garlic bulb that looks like kangaroo testicles. here is actual kangaroo testicles and here is a garlic bulb. let's look at that again, shall we? here is kangaroo testicles and here is a garlic bulb. [laughter] this makes me happy. i don't know why. geoff: it is so hard to tell the difference. [laughter] craig: geoff, what doity ladies say when we walk into the club in -- do the ladies say when we walk into the club in berlin? ♪ here come the players and then what do they say? ♪ their so fine [laughter] geoff: ♪ craig: join us after these commercials and we'll teach you all about fruit shopping. ♪ ♪ [ male announce

. who is this guy? >> he's the biggest shape shifter outside of harry potter. where he seems to be now is not only an immoral position but an economical infash efficient one. if you had saken the guy and given him health coverage, he might not have the heart attack and you won't run up the $300,000 bill in the er. i have had a suspicion he was going to bring something better to the debate. i still think he could. maybe he was leaving his best stuff -- >> one-liners. >> not "60 minutes." maybe not doing the best stuff on "60 minutes." if he gives an answer like that, he's fried in that debate. >> david corn, the 47% thing that he talked about in that tape you unearthed last week probably going to be a big part of this campaign. there he says basically last night, you know what i want to do with those 47%, send them to the er, let them wait it out. they will get waited on eventually. >> yeah, that's what they deserve. what's odd he didn't say romney care. there is a way to deal with this. he's dealt with it. actually romney care has been pretty damn successful and it's the most odd thing

be harry potter's i invisible night bus because no one can prove that it exists, end quote. what's your thought here? >> i have to agree that just because one says something doesn't make it so. look, no one wants voter fraud. no one wants ineligible people voting. the issue is these policies that politicians have been writing, that spapartisan activists have been pursuing. but you hear about these buses of voters, you hear about what they say is the food stamp army out to steal the election, the illegal alien vote, their words, trying to steal the election. but that's not backed up with reality. no one wants voter fraud. but we don't want to make it where eligible americans can't exercise their rights to vote. let's take down these barriers instead of enacting roadblocks and making people jump over hurdles to exercise what is the most basic fundamental freedom. that's what your democracy is about. it's about going to the ballot box and participating and having control over our democratic process. we are working overtime to make sure voters know their rights so we can have a fair, a

of stuart varney's character in harry potter. poppycock gobbledygook. very hard to say without swallowing your own fund. stuart: it was funny. case close. your reaction? >> you should be a guest. you should take it to one on one and lay it out. holes are statistics mark twain's famous for saying they're a tweet times as wise and the third one was statistics. stuart: i said flat out i don't believe these polls. >> i can hire expert witnesses who will say anything i pay them to say. i don't use that kind of experts. you putting your money and they sing the song and you can find it in politics and everywhere. people who will say whatever they want to save for their agenda. stuart: i think there is an internal skew in these polls because the pollsters put their own value judgments into the internal adjustments of their results. sandra: trying to create a perception of movement for president obama. there oversampling democrats and overestimating democrat turnout basing it on the 2008 model and a lot of these pollsters are projecting greater democratic lead last year as last time and

adults. it's heavily embargoed as the harry potter books. i don't know anything about it. staff and all of us at amazon love this book called "sutton." the author collaborated on the biography of andre agassi. this is a novel but based very closely on the life of his last days of life after he got out of attica. >> robin hood type guy. >> and handsome and charming and very well read and reporters loved him and so it has overtones of today, who is doing what to whom between banks and regular people. it's a really wonderful novel. and the other novel that i love and is, i think will be sort of a sleeper hit is a book about a very dysfunctional jewish family in the suburbs of chicago, old joke. there's a lot of recognizable people. >>. nonfiction you like "mortality." >> "mortality." it's about esophageal cancer. it's not a happy book but surprising undepressing book. and "500 days" is about the 500 days, year and a half after 9/11, 2001 and what went on in the cia and white house and in places in europe and the middle east. it reads like a thriller and obviously a topic we're very int

jail. >>> j.k. rowling says she plans to return to writing for young people. her harry potter series made her the world's most successful living author. she repeatedlied -- repeatedly said she would not write another book about the young wizard. >>> watch how this baby's mom getting him to calm down. >> look how cute he is. his mother, amy says this trick works every time. the video has over 400,000 views. he's screaming like mad. she puts down the phone and she plays the starbucks theme. >>> a million visitors coming to the bay area. when we'll have a perfect storm of big events drawing big crowds at san francisco. >>> an idaho fisherman discovered a human finger in the mouth of a fish. idaho police fingerprinted it. after running it through a database, they were able to locate the man who lost four of his fingers at that lake in a wake boarding accident. >> everyone asks me were you able to get the fingers back and put them back on. i'm like, no, they couldn't -- we couldn't find them. they are fish food. that's what i have told people. >> at first he said he didn't want the finger

harry potter glasses. >> oh, thank you very much. >> i like it. >> a great observation. >>> you remember mr. tuddball and mrs. wiggins? how about eunice? they all came from carol burnett's legendary tv show. look who's in our green room. that would be carol burnett who's going to join us on "cbs this morning." >>> this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... actually... that way i could split my payments into little bite-size

fan fiction. you don't need to be "star trek" fans or harry potter fans who write their own stuff. that's what that is. it is like the left behind books. it is bible fan fiction. it has nothing to do. most insidious thing about the rapture is people who claim to believe in jesus can use the rapture to justify doing whatever they want because i'm on jesus' v.i.p. list and die need to follow the teachings here in the world i'm packing my bags for the afterlife. there is a velvet rope. >> the bouncer lets you in. >> john: spiritual narcissism. jesus said you shall not know the hour or the day but these guys are so certain. it is predicted to be this fall again? >> yes. you shall not know the hour or the day and you're supposed to be waiting by the phobe because you -- phone because you never know when jesus is going to show up and everybody back hoax. >> you might already be a winner. >> john: they run up a lot of credit card debt. i'm officially volunteering by the way to take over the assets of anyone who's believing in the rapture so i can protect your money after you've gone. but

games"" "harry potter" type of novel. adults are reading it too but this is more for teenagers. i have four kids but the biggest compliment i have from my 13-year-olds is all my friends are reading it and the guys who don't read are reading it. >> that's great when a child looks at you and says dad, you're kind of cool. >> my last book, my daughter coming down and seeing it on the kitchen table. my kids don't think i'm cool. >> children are always embarrassed. >> the title i like "seconds away" the premise is in a split second your life can change. how does that dynamic show it in "seconds." >> the first line in the book -- there's moments in your life where just one little thing changes the course of everything. >> good and bad. >> all of a sudden up becomes down, good becomes evil, everything changes in a flick and that's what i like to explore. "seconds away" starts with that. i want to grab you right away on page one. you've been a long time reader. >> have. what's the different for you between young adult and adult books? >> really -- >> do you have a preference. >> yes and n

happy tie. norah pointed wearing your harry potter glasses. >> thank you very much. >> handwritten notes. >> this one doesn't look perfect. >> tomato. >> very chatty, that peter. >> we'll come rescue you in a minute. >> i thought you sent us doughnuts. >> you have been talking about the iphone 5. >> carol burnett is a clipper these days. >> absolutely. >> adam didn't have time to dust. >> how long can you chase this? >> i'm 31, going on 22, though. >> not there. >> lucy, we apologize. >> ipad and amazon. >> it will be a long year, charlie. >> here is charlie, oh, my gosh. >> there you are. >> yay! >> have you and peter greenberg bonded this morning? >> he told all of us we were losers before 9:00 in the morning. ♪ moon river >> certainly the ending of monday night's game was the pivotal point of getting this done. >> this is an eight-year deal, and the commissioner says the regular refs will be on the field tonight for the browns/ravens game. >> somewhere in the first quarter was the first blown call. the most controversial call. they will be booed. >>sissy,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> good mor

for us. look at you in your happy tie. norah pointed wearing your harry potter glasses. >> thank you very much. >> handwritten notes. >> this one doesn't look perfect. >> tomato. >> very chatty, that peter. >> we'll come rescue you in a minute. >> i thought you sent us doughnuts. >> you have been talking about the iphone 5. >> carol burnett is a clipper these days. >> absolutely. >> adam didn't have time to dust. >> how long can you chase this? >> i'm 31, going on 22, though. >> not there. >> lucy, we apologize. >> ipad and amazon. >> it will be a long year, charlie. >> here is charlie, oh, my gosh. >> there you are. >> yay! >> have you and peter greenberg bonded this morning? >> he told all of us we were losers before 9:00 in the morning. ♪ moon river >> certainly the ending of monday night's game was the pivotal point of getting this done. >> this is an eight-year deal, and the commissioner says the regular refs will be on the field tonight for the browns/ravens game. >> somewhere in the first quarter was the first blown call. the most controversial call. they will be booed. the

. >> don't overshare. i don't want to know that you love "harry potter" books. too much. depressing. >> lindsey, i'm trying to diet. my husband is not. he doesn't need to. how do i get him onboard to kick his unhealthy habits. he thinks he can have soda pop, snack cakes, but it's harder for me. >> age and gravity will dictate that. he'll get fat and that's good for you because he'll go on a diet. but also find a diet, if you want him to participate, one that is palatable to him. my wife was doing a cleanse once. i won't name the place. i did it for three days and i almost jumped off the brooklyn bridge. i couldn't take it. it was asparagus juice and these horrible inventive plants no one ever heard. get him a diet with chicken and vegetables. >> then let him have a little snack once in a while. >> careful. >> that's not even an innuendo. this is sexual harassment. >> it made the upper lip glisten. >> that's it? >> we can only take so much big willie. >> wow. >> jewelry, shoes and belts, accessories for fall. [ male announcer ] most people tend to think more about how they brush than

, wearing your harry potter glasses. >> oh, thank you very much. >> i like it. >> a great observation. >>> you remember mr. tuddball and mrs. wiggins? how about eunice? they all came from carol burnett's legendary tv show. look who's in our green room. that would be carol burnett who's going to join us on "cbs this morning." >>> this portion of "cbs this morning" sponsored by the makers of zyrtec. [ male announcer ] if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... ♪ [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec®. it gives you powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different than claritin® because zyrtec® starts working at hour 1 on the first day you take it. claritin® doesn't start working until hour 3. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] zyrtec®. love the air. join zyrtec® rewards. save up to $7 on zyrtec® products. till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... actually... that way i could split my payments into little b

. how so? >> "seconds away" is a young adult novel. more the ""hunger games"" "harry potter" type of novel. adults are reading it too but this is more for teenagers. i have four kids but the biggest compliment i have from my 13-year-olds is all my friends are reading it and the guys who don't read are reading it. >> that's great when a child looks at you and says dad, you're kind of cool. >> my last book, my daughter coming down and seeing it on the kitchen table. my kids don't think i'm cool. >> children are always embarrassed. >> the title i like "seconds away" the premise is in a split second your life can change. how does that dynamic show it in "seconds." >> the first line in the book -- there's moments in your life where just one little thing changes the course of everything. >> good and bad. >> all of a sudden up becomes down, good becomes evil, everything changes in a flick and that's what i like to explore. "seconds away" starts with that. i want to grab you right away on page one. you've been a long time reader. >> have. what's the different for you between young adult and

. there's a 1 in 8 chance that searching for the harry potter star will land you on a malicious site. other top cyberbait celebrities include jessica beal. >>> "gossip girl" star has tied the note with blake lively and also "how i met your mother" star married and have a 3-year-old daughter together. >>> the father/daughter wedding dance is a time-honored tradition and lowe is a and her dad got things started off interestingly enough but they weren't going to stop with a simple box step so they had to let loose and have fun. well, their dance spanned several decades mashing up disco and hip-hop. love their style. six minutes past the hour now. let's go over to al with the weather. >> dad's got it going on. >> and so does daughter, she's great. >> let's see what we've got as far as your weather forecast for oday. great. let's see your weather for today. we are looking at monsoonal moisture through the southwest. that's going to bring rain anywhere from 1 to 3 inches. maybe even 5 inches into some areas. we have flash flood watches out through the southwest. we've got fire weather warn